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Originally Posted by Derek
Except they are being portrayed as a given by the yes camp who are point blank refusing to acknowledge their plans and assurances might not come to fruition.
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Derek, given that you understand the premise of post result negotiation and the potential for positive and negative outcomes for both parties I fail to see how you arrive at the conclusion you have arrived at. My understanding, and I could well be wrong, is that the white paper was a vision statement and not a list of promises or a manifesto.
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Originally Posted by Derek
For normal elections we expect promises to be broken but there is no going back after a yes vote. To find in 5-10 years that a huge mistake was based on lies and half truths would be pointless as nothing could be done at that point.
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This is not a "normal election" it's a referendum. It is a referendum predicated on the understanding that "everything" is up for negotiation once the result, whatever that might be, has been determined.
On that basis you could equally well say that the "No thanks" camp are lying when they say that X or Y won't happen because they too are wedded to the negotiations and are subject to the outworkings of same.
"Fear", "trepidation", "bullying", "lies" or "half truths" - call it what you like.
It's a double edged sword.